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MIKE: LAST WEEK, I INTERVIEWED
THE PRESIDENT OF MICROSOFT, BRAD
SMITH.
HE'S AN APPLETON NATIVE AND WAS
IN MILWAUKEE FOR TWO EVENTS AT
MARQUETTE LAW SCHOOL, WHERE
WORK.
ONE OF THE EVENTS WAS A SPEECH,
AND ONE OF THE SLIDES SMITH
SHOWED DURING HIS REMARKS JUMPED
OUT AT ME.
IT WAS A MAP OF WISCONSIN
SHOWING WHERE HIGH SPEED
WIRELESS SERVICE WAS AVAILABLE.
OR PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANT, WHERE
IT WASN'T AVAILABLE.
IT ISN'T EXACTLY BREAKING NEWS,
BUT IN WISCONSIN, YOUR ACCESS
HIGH SPEED WIRELESS SERVICE
DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE.
SMITH NOTED THAT MOST COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE
STATE AND IN RURAL AREAS DON'T
HAVE HIGH SPEED WIRELESS ACCESS
AT ALL.
INTERESTINGLY, MANY OF THOSE
COUNTIES VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP
IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'
NOT NECESSARILY A REACH TO SAY
THAT THE LACK OF ACCESS TO
WHAT'S BECOME A MODERN DAY
CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY, IS
SORE POINT FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE
OUTSIDE MAJOR METRO AREAS.
WHAT ABOUT US, THEY SAY.
AFTER ALL, THIS DIGITAL DIVIDE
HAS REAL LIFE CONSEQUENCES.
IT'S SIMPLY TOUGHER TO START A
BUSINESS OR GROW ONE IN A PLACE
THAT DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO HIG
SPEED WIRELESS SERVICE.
COULD THAT CHANGE UNDER A TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION?
SMITH, THE MICROSOFT PRESIDENT,
SAYS HE LIKES TRUMP'S TALK ABO
IMPROVING THE NATION'S
INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT SAYS THE
CONVERSATION SHOULDN'T ONLY BE
ABOUT IMPROVING ROADS AND
BRIDGES.
HE SAYS THE INTERNET IS NOW A
FUNDAMENTAL PIECE OF OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE -- OF OUR LIVES
-- AND THAT NEEDS ATTENTION,
TOO.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
I'M MIKE GOUSHA.
I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK, ON
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